Tag Archives: halloween

The Halloween trailer hits just keep on coming. Next up to the plate is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, the upcoming 3DS sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The video features whips, monsters, platforming, long-haired guys yelling stuff like “Have at you,” and all the other good things you’ve come to expect from Castlevania. Check it out below.

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Until Dawn, the PS Move-enabled horror game written by Hollywood horror veterans and developed by Supermassive, has gotten a new trailer today (via the PlayStation Blog). As you’d expect, it’s a frightening affair, one that shows one dude on the verge of receiving some particularly painful “surgery,” if you know what I mean. If you don’t, check it out for yourself below.

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The EU PlayStation Blog treats us to a new LittleBigPlanet Karting trailer today, and this one is all about celebrating the Halloween festivities. It features Sackboys dressed like vampires, skeletons, devils, pumpkinheads, and more. Check it out after the break.

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As is traditional on themed holiday occasions, the VG247 crew got together to discuss some of the most important issues in gaming today.

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There’s a new trailer for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time out today, with this one showing off all the different special outfits the sneaky raccoon and his pals will be able to wear over the course of the stealth-platforming game. It is Halloween, after all, so have a look for yourself below.

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DOTA 2′s latest patch has been analyzed, and it sounds as though beta players are in for some Halloween-inspired treats.

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The Secret World’s Halloween event is live, and Funcom has released a video providing a sneak peek into what awaits players.

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Guild Wars 2 is getting its first major content update with Shadow of the Mad King later this month.

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Team Fortress 2 developer Valve is calling on its fans to create Halloween-themed items for its October game update.

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The critically acclaimed XBLA and PSN RPG from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine will now be arriving on the PC, Double Fine announced today. More »

Halloween might be a month away, but the guys at ArenaNet and NCSoft are already looking towards that particular holiday with a competition to celebrate the season.

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Rovio, maker of hit mobile game Angry Birds, has released footage and details of a Halloween-themed edition.

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Candy? Costumes? Family friendly fun? Please.

Halloween’s about gore, killing, and paganism. Seriously, people. Satan is so disappointed. Hopefully, Namco Bandai’s Splatterhouse will be a sinew-snapping step in the right direction when it releases this Halloween.

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Most MMOs either had a Halloween-themed celebration, or are currently in the midst of one, and so you don’t get left out, Massively has complied a convenient list of games hosting events.

Here’s the full thing:

• Final Fantasy XI – Harvest Festival
• City of Heroes – The Deadly Apocalypse
• EverQuest II – Nights of the Dead
• Fallen Earth – Days of the Dead
• Warhammer Online – Daemon Moon Rising
• Aion – Harvest Revel
• Guild Wars – The Mad King’s Revelry
• Runes of Magic – Pumpkin Festival
• Lineage – Cavern of Chaos
• Lineage II – Spooks and Scarecrows
• Age of Conan – Nights of Lost Souls
• EverQuest – The Haunting of Norrath
• Legends of Norrath – Brraaaaaainss!
• Star Wars Galaxies – Galactic Moon Festival
• Exteel – Hey, sweet! Paint!
• Free Realms – Super Spooktacular
• Champions Online’s Blood Moon
• LOTRO – Harvestmath
• World of Warcraft – Hallow’s End (thanks, Sethos)
• Fusion Fall: Halloween Party
• Runescape – Web of Shadows

Most last into the beginning of November, and links as well as pictures providing more information are available through the link up top.

Thanks to all those who suggested additions to the list.

Jack-o-lanterns with a gaming spin popped up over on Joystiq and Kotaku – and surely elsewhere – over the past few days, and since today is Halloween, we thought we’d give you links to pictures of what your gaming brethren created.

Our favorites so far have to be the Borderlands pumpkin over on Joystiq, and one of Pitfall over on Kotaku.

Nice to see such creativity. We’re already planning ours for next year.

Go have a look through the links.

This week’s PS Home update celebrates all things Halloween with all sorts of goodies for the ghoul inside us all.

In Europe, there’s a new Burn Zombie Burn space, five costumes ranging from a werewolf to Frankenstein’s monster, skull earrings, jackets and loads of other stuff you can view on the EU PS Blog, including the Tekken 6 space, and an update to the one for Uncharted 2.

The US gets the Burn Zombie Burn store additions as well, costumes, shirts, and a Tekken 6 full body costume, and an event where zombies will run amok though Home. All this can all be found on the US PS Blog.

NCsoft’s announced a ton of in-game Hallowe’en events for its MMOs, bringing seasonal quests, costumes and contests across across Aion, City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II and Exteel.

It’s all very spooky. All details, including dates, are listed after the break.

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Microsoft has put up some costumes for your Avatars on the XBL Marketplace.

You can be anything from a wizard to an alien, a king and queen to a vampire.

We like the werewolf costume, and will probably shell out the 240 MS Points ($3.00/£2.04/€2.79) for it, which will be a first on our end.

There’s loads more through here.